Return to the Human Realm

All-Heavens Battlefield, entrance of the passage. Someone had died in the very first batch. Even so, the others merely observed a moment of silent tribute for the unlucky fellow before the second batch proceeded right away. This time, an elder entered. Su Yu thought he caught sight of Xuanjia… Well, he couldn't actually recognize Xuanjia anymore. A crowd of elders truly looked identical, and without being able to pry and examine them closely, telling them apart was utterly impossible. *Hopefully Xuanjia stays in one piece!* Su Yu offered a prayer for Xuanjia—not an especially sincere one. If Xuanjia died, becoming an elder himself would be fine, but if a new elder replaced him instead, that might bring even more trouble. Soon enough, the second batch of experts entered. Then came the third batch, the fourth… Before long, it was Su Yu's turn. Ten people swiftly stepped up to the passage. The Faceless Elder barked, "Jump!" Proper passages were walked through or used for teleportation, yet here they had to leap in. Smuggling really was smuggling after all. The next instant, Su Yu leapt inside. …… The world spun out of control! The oppressive force of the realm boundary bore down on them. Without this rather unstable corridor, they likely would have been crushed to pieces outright. Even with Su Yu's overwhelmingly powerful physical body, he felt deeply uncomfortable. *How on earth did those Tengkong manage to sneak in?* Su Yu pondered this during the transit. After all, a huge number of Gray Masks were entering this time as well. Being so weak, weren't they terrified of being crushed to death? Puzzled, his teleportation into the Human Realm was already complete. His vision blurred, then brightened again. He had arrived in the Human Realm! Opening his eyes, Su Yu froze. Right at that moment, powerful auras erupted in all directions, rapidly charging toward him. Su Yu was slightly taken aback and looked down. He genuinely went blank. This… looked so familiar. Was this… Nanyuan? *Holy crap!* *Is my luck ridiculously good, or ridiculously bad?!* *Nanyuan!* *I actually ended up in Nanyuan!* At that exact instant, several Sun Moon auras swept over, and someone roared furiously, "Who goes there?! Dragon Martial Guards, seize and kill him!" "A Heaven Hunting Pavilion White Mask!" Snapping back to his senses, Su Yu saw experts swooping in from every side and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Xuan Jiu of the Heaven Hunting Pavilion's Xuan Division! Here strictly for business, with no ill will! If anyone has any needs, feel free to find me, Xuan Jiu!" The moment the words left his mouth, he flickered across the void and vanished in an instant! Since he was here, he might as well make a name for himself. There seemed to be plenty of experts in Nanyuan, and as he sensed his surroundings, he realized there weren't just experts—there were weaklings too, tons of Tengkong, Lingyun, and Shanhai. He had no idea when Nanyuan had accumulated so many people. Even more than last time! Evidently, they were people from various factions. Perfect—he could use this to build his reputation! *Buzz!* A blade slashed out, carrying a familiar technique—a simplified version of the Heaven-Cleaving Blade. Su Yu punched out, shattering the blade light, and laughed heartily. "The Heaven Hunting Pavilion has entered the Human Realm! Omnipotent and ready to provide all services! All major factions are welcome to trade! Intelligence, assassinations, protection, transactions—we do all manner of business!" With those words, he blasted through another ray of qi and instantly vanished from the spot. Forget it, no need to tease them further. Look at how terrified he'd made them. Su Yu rapidly slipped through the void, disappearing from the area. Inwardly, he was delighted. Not bad at all—to think he had landed in Nanyuan, right at the border between the Great Ming and Great Xia Prefectures. Quite decent, without any immense danger. The ones stationed here were Sun Moons, but the fellow who had just slashed at him was at most at the first or second level of Sun Moon. A strike from across the distance barely affected Su Yu. Time to run! First, find a place to lay low, and see which prefecture he was actually assigned to oversee. Moving with astonishing speed, he vanished from the sky above Nanyuan in no time. Down in Nanyuan City, countless people looked up. Some wore strange expressions, while others were utterly confused. Someone murmured, "Heaven Hunting Pavilion? Sounds familiar… Xuan Jiu—is that a codename or a real name?" "He felt extraordinarily strong. Even the commander of the Dragon Martial Shadow Guards couldn't take him down!" "The Heaven Hunting Pavilion actually came to the Human Realm, and made such a huge spectacle of it! Is this Xuan Jiu… looking to die? Daring to be so brazen in Great Xia territory!" "They're a bunch even more despicable than the All-Races Cult!" "And terribly dangerous too!" "……" Those who had been to the All-Heavens Battlefield quickly cleared things up for the rest. The crowd gasped in shock, soon understanding what kind of power the Heaven Hunting Pavilion was. Xuan Jiu… In that moment, countless people etched that codename into memory: a White Mask of the Heaven Hunting Pavilion's Xuan Division! Up in the sky, Great Xia's Sun Moon expert did not give chase. His expression was grim. He actually recognized Su Yu and had been stationed here the entire time, but naturally, it never crossed his mind that the person who had just escaped was Su Yu. He hadn't even entertained the thought! Don't be ridiculous—that fellow just now had obliterated his blade light with a single punch, displaying the might of a Sun Moon expert. What could that possibly have to do with Su Yu? He swiftly sent a transmission: "A member of the Heaven Hunting Pavilion suddenly appeared above Nanyuan. A White Mask named Xuan Jiu, with combat strength likely at the first level of Sun Moon. He has fled and may be lurking within Great Xia territory…" He hurried to report the news. At that very moment, across the territories of both Great Xia and Great Ming, Su Yu wasn't the only one who had emerged. Some fled, some were captured, and some were slain. …… Meanwhile, as Su Yu was fleeing, the divine character for "Calamity" suddenly throbbed violently. He froze inwardly! *Danger?!* He hadn't meant to freeze, but he was genuinely stunned because the Calamity character began pounding as if it were about to explode, causing his entire sea of will to tremble. The next instant, a laugh echoed by his ear: "Caught another big fish… It wasn't in vain tearing open the void, though I'm completely exhausted…" Su Yu was scared out of his wits! He felt it—a hand suddenly reaching out from behind him. In sheer terror, Su Yu yelled, "Grandpa Zhu! Grandpa Xia!…" He had no idea which Invincible it was, but… that didn't stop him from knowing this was an Invincible! The ones in this vicinity were likely either King Daxia or King Daming, and the voice sounded vaguely familiar. He must have heard it back at the ancient cities. As far as he remembered, those were the only two old masters whose voices he had heard. …… Behind Su Yu. King Daming appeared almost silently, reaching out to seize him. An Invincible could see right through Su Yu… but which Invincible would bother examining everyone unless they had nothing better to do? Without careful inspection, it was hard to tell at a casual glance. Just as he was about to grab Su Yu, he paused slightly. *Calling for me?* *Do I know you?* A divine light flashed in his eyes as he looked at Su Yu again. He saw only the back of his head, but no matter—at a glance, this was definitely human! A human's head was still different from those of other races. He reached out, seizing him like a chicken and twisting Su Yu's head around. Looking again, even with the mask in the way, it couldn't block his vision! King Daming looked closely… He looked a bit familiar. Then he sensed the dense death qi inside the body, and froze. *Heaven Hunting Pavilion's Xuan Jiu?* *Xuan Jiu = Su Yu?!* From far away, he had heard this fellow's arrogant declarations, slipping away easily from a Sun Moon's grasp and packing a punch that matched the might of a Sun Moon. That was why he'd called it catching a big fish. A Sun Moon was a big fish anywhere. Yet now… Su Yu? A Sun Moon Su Yu?! King Daming stared at him with an utterly bizarre expression. As for Su Yu, he was so terrified his neck had gone stiff. *Holy crap, holy crap! How did I run into an Invincible the moment I got here?! This is terrifying!* The mask vanished instantly. Su Yu looked at King Daming, and King Daming looked at him. After a long silence, Su Yu swallowed hard. "Greetings, Grandpa Zhu!" "……" King Daming was speechless. He had heard a rumor that someone in Tianmie City claimed he was their god-great-grandfather. Now, he was witnessing it in person. Pinching Su Yu's head, he pondered a question: was this real or fake? Su Yu, who was supposed to be in the ancient city, had come to the Human Realm! Su Yu, whom he thought was on the verge of dying, was brimming with vigor and had the spare energy to come to the Human Realm. No, he had even infiltrated the Heaven Hunting Pavilion, made it out of the city, and just yelled defiantly at a Sun Moon a moment ago, full of swagger. *This is Su Yu?* *He's this strong?!* He squeezed Su Yu's flesh, and his expression shifted. He actually couldn't pinch through on the first try. He squeezed again, hard enough to bring tears streaming from Su Yu's eyes. It hurt like hell! Su Yu was trembling in fear, and King Daming was internally shaken. *Holy shit!* *This physical body is absurdly strong!* A physical strength truly comparable to a Sun Moon! How could he be so powerful? As an Invincible, he possessed keen eyesight. Su Yu hadn't used any innate blood essence; he could tell whether the rumored blood essence was in use or not. He hadn't used any! This was his true physical power. Nor had he used any of Ye Batian's divine characters—he wasn't blind. Patting Su Yu's head, King Daming said with mixed feelings, "Put the mask back on!" He didn't really want to look at this youthful face; it made it too easy to reminisce about his long-lost youth. Su Yu obediently complied, covering his face with the mask once more. King Daming let out a quiet sigh of relief. Without seeing the face, he felt much better. "Came in through the passage?" "Yes." "How many people?" "Twelve elders, one hundred White Masks." "Where is the passage?" "I don't know. We teleported through a huge loop, so I don't know the exact location." "Any Gold Masks?" "None, didn't see any." "You sold out the Heaven Hunting Pavilion just like that?" King Daming felt conflicted. He had wanted to capture a live one to interrogate, so why had this brat spilled everything without hesitation? Su Yu was speechless. Nonsense. What could be more normal than him selling out the Heaven Hunting Pavilion? "When did you sneak in?" "A few days ago, right after the first city lockdown. Xuan Jiu died, so I took his place." "Your physical body…" "Opened the Zhoutian Apertures, then cast my body fifty or sixty times, and it ended up like this." "……" Utterly speechless! Right, open the Zhoutian Apertures and cast the body a few dozen times, and wasn't that that? How simple! Meanwhile, Su Yu stole a glance at King Daming. This was his first time seeing King Daming's appearance. He looked middle-aged, appearing fairly refined with the demeanor of a Civilization Master, but… beneath that refinement lay an air of roughness, lacking a truly gentle touch. A true Civilization Master was refined and gentle. This man seemed to be putting on an act of refinement. As Su Yu peeked at King Daming, King Daming was looking at him too. After a long while, King Daming said helplessly, "You've got good luck!" To think he had landed right in his hands! "I heard… you're very wealthy…" Su Yu was horrified! "Forget it, I won't rob you. Er… when you die, remember to let us know where your body is, and where your inheritance is." Since he was alive, let it be. Once he was dead, this brat wouldn't be able to spend all his wealth anyway, so he needed to inform them where his remains and inheritance lay. No other intention—just collecting his corpse for him. Su Yu felt helpless. Was that really necessary? "Grandpa Zhu…" "Did you go up a generation?" "……" Su Yu was at a loss for words. What had he said last time—that he was his god-great-grandfather? He really had jumped a generation! "Um… could you let go of my head?" Having his head pinched the entire time was terrifying. He was afraid that this man, knowing he was wealthy, might get overly excited and accidentally crush his skull. An Invincible was truly too powerful. Su Yu had no desire whatsoever to resist; the sheer strength was horrifying. "Grandpa Zhu, the others have entered the realm too! Hurry and kill more of them, kill plenty, loot plenty! If you wipe out all the elders, I might be able to control the channels of several major prefectures all by myself!" That made sense; there was no need to waste time on Su Yu. This kid… Forget it, King Daming was entirely exasperated. Everyone thought he was in the ancient city, yet here he was, back in the Human Realm! With a casual toss, he cast Su Yu aside, and King Daming vanished on the spot. "Now that you're back in the Human Realm, you can contact Zhu Tiandao for help anytime. Don't go running around recklessly!" Leaving those words behind, he disappeared. He couldn't rob him, nor could he kill him. Forget it, better to ignore Su Yu. There wasn't much death qi inside Su Yu's body, which surprised him a bit—wasn't this brat a castellan? The backlash wasn't that severe! He had locked down the city gates for so many days earlier, yet nothing was wrong? If anyone claimed he was about to die… King Daming wouldn't believe it for a second now! To think everyone assumed Su Yu was a goner. King Daming strongly suspected the brat might not even die after another hundred or thousand years. Everyone had worried for nothing. King Daming was gone! Su Yu wiped away nonexistent sweat from his forehead, thoroughly spooked. He had nearly had his head crushed! He prayed for the people from the Heaven Hunting Pavilion. To have an Invincible hunt them down in person—tsk tsk, who knew how many would die this time? *Is Elder Xuanjia still alive?* *Let me pray for you once more!* Su Yu fled swiftly, soon finding a deserted wilderness. Landing, concealing himself, and activating his forbearance technique, he finally had time to check his messages. "Xuan Jiu, you are assigned to oversee the Great Xia Prefecture… If any accidents occur, Huang Jiu and the others will succeed you in order. Await the activation of the Heaven Hunting sub-ranking!" At present, the sub-ranking covering the Human Realm had yet to be activated. For now, communication was limited to single-line contacts. *Great Xia Prefecture?* Su Yu muttered to himself. The Great Xia Prefecture was extremely perilous; did the Heaven Hunting Pavilion not know that? It felt as though the Heaven Hunting Pavilion had arbitrarily picked someone to send to their death. To be frank, it was only because it was Su Yu. Anyone else stationed in the Great Xia Prefecture would face lethal danger. Forget about Shanhai Realm strength—even high-stage Sun Moons would find it perilous there. To think they had actually assigned him to Great Xia! After grumbling inwardly for a moment, Su Yu promptly contacted his direct superior. "Elder, are you still alive?" Through their direct line, he could contact Xuanjia. Since Xuanjia had come to the Human Realm and was no longer in the All-Heavens Battlefield, they could connect. There was no reply for a long time. After quite a while, just as Su Yu thought he had perished, Xuanjia responded: "Your survival skills are quite formidable. Let me ask you a question: when being pursued by a ninth-level Sun Moon, how does one escape?" "……" Su Yu was speechless. What was that supposed to mean? *You're… being hunted?* *By a ninth-level Sun Moon at that?* *Serves… serves you right!* "Elder, who's pursuing you?" "Probably the Great Ming Prefecture Lord…" Probably—he wasn't entirely certain, because Xuanjia was fleeing madly, and replying at all pushed him to his absolute limit. "The Great Ming Prefecture Lord?" "Most likely. Tell me, should I reveal your identity so he'll call off the chase?" "Well… cough, cough, Elder, I'm not familiar with Prefecture Lord Zhu." Xuanjia didn't reply again. It seemed he was still frantically running. As for Su Yu claiming they weren't familiar, who would believe that? Xuanjia wasn't without information on Su Yu's background. …… At that moment. Deep in a mountain range, a faceless figure flickered and fled desperately. Another flash, and someone followed close behind, laughing lightly. "You won't escape my grasp! To think it's a Faceless Elder, an eighth-level Sun Moon. Looks like I've hit the jackpot this time!" "Seal the Heavens!" With a low shout, heaven and earth inverted, and the sun and moon hung suspended. Xuanjia felt his vision blur as he instantly plummeted into a vast, white world. Roaring, his blood qi surged to the heavens. With a thunderous boom, he blasted a tear in the space and fled rapidly. Behind him, Zhu Tiandao was somewhat surprised. *Not weak at all!* An eighth-level Sun Moon was indeed strong, but very few eighth-level Sun Moons could break free from his Heaven Sealing Art. "Splendid! Looks like I really caught a big fish—one of the top-ranking Faceless Elders!" Zhu Tiandao chuckled. This was undoubtedly a high-ranking Faceless Elder. Xuanjia abruptly turned his head, barking in a low voice, "Prefecture Lord Zhu, the Heaven Hunting Pavilion has come purely for trade, not as enemies! Why be so aggressive?!" "What if I want to push you?" "I am willing to pay for my life!" "If I kill you, your corpse will be mine anyway!" "……" Xuanjia cursed inwardly. Running into Zhu Tiandao gave him a massive headache. He quickly said, "Do you want news of Su Yu?" "Hm?" "I know Su Yu! I'm on very good terms with him, we're in league together…" "Heh!" Zhu Tiandao sneered, instantly unleashing a flurry of divine characters. The surrounding void congealed, making Xuanjia's escape exceedingly difficult. Out of options, he transmitted his voice again: "It's true! Su Yu and I are on the same side! If you don't believe me, send him a transmission! He's back in the Human Realm, so his transmission talisman should work! Send him a message and ask if Xuanjia is on his side!" "……" Zhu Tiandao looked utterly stunned. *Quit joking around!* *He's acting as a castellan in the All-Heavens Battlefield!* Though filled with suspicion, he quickly sent a transmission to Su Yu. If Su Yu were truly in the Human Realm, the message would reach him. Of course, if Su Yu had destroyed his transmission talisman, that would be another story. Just as he thought this, the transmission… went through! Zhu Tiandao's heart leaped. The next moment, Su Yu's reply arrived: "Prefecture Lord, long time no see! That Xuanjia… cough, he's sort of my direct superior. If you kill him… you'd better capture him alive! If you kill him and another elder takes over to manage me, it'll be a huge hassle!" A transmission from Su Yu! Zhu Tiandao was utterly astounded. Just like his father, he hadn't imagined in the slightest that Su Yu had actually returned to the Human Realm. Xuanjia knew Su Yu's identity? Right, he was Su Yu's direct elder. In that instant, Zhu Tiandao barked, divine characters suspended in midair. That kid was far too careless! To let someone discover his identity and know he was back in the Human Realm was definitely not a good thing. At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Zhu Tiandao's mind. The next second, he roared fiercely, and the surrounding void locked down completely under his power! Xuanjia let out a muffled groan, quickly battering through the frozen space to flee! Though Zhu Tiandao hadn't reached Quasi-Invincible, he was a ninth-level Sun Moon. As an eighth-level Sun Moon, Xuanjia found him an absolute terror to fight. "Fleeing?" Zhu Tiandao sneered, chanting under his breath. "All heavens serve my command—Suppress!" *Boom!* Countless towering mountains crashed down like thunder. "The Heavenly Dao is ruthless, all techniques are repelled—Disperse!" *Rumble!* All the yuan qi in the surroundings instantly dispersed. Xuanjia was horrified, suddenly severed from the external yuan qi connection. "Fire, rise!" "Water, come!" "Freeze!" "……" Zhu Tiandao shouted continuously from behind. Raging flames surged, towering waves crested, heavy snow swirled, and the world spun… One divine character after another erupted, beating Xuanjia until blood splattered across his faceless mask. "Break!" Right then, Xuanjia roared, punching a hole through the sky as his blood qi blasted upward, escaping in the blink of an eye. Zhu Tiandao was about to give chase when he paused, suddenly halting. "Mountain Suppressing Fist?" Zhu Tiandao blinked. The Mountain Suppressing Fist! What… was going on here? He didn't pursue any further. With a strange glint in his eye, he quickly transmitted: "Su Yu, what's that Xuanjia's background?" "No idea. Did you kill him, Prefecture Lord?" "No, he got away." "……" Su Yu was speechless. A ninth-level Sun Moon couldn't even detain him? Fine, you really are a fake ninth-level Sun Moon, someone who can't even get on the Dao Attainment Ranking. So weak. You couldn't even beat one Xuanjia. Su Yu was exasperated, and Zhu Tiandao didn't bother explaining either. Looking thoughtful, he soon asked, "Where are you?" "Hiding!" "Hiding where?" "Don't know." "You're still guarding against me? Does anyone know you're back?" "Someone does. King Daming ran into me just now. He told me to reach out to you for help whenever needed, that you're on standby twenty-four hours a day and ready to come rescue me anytime!" "……" *Damn, you even ran into my dad?!* *Talk about luck… truly incredible.* Zhu Tiandao badly wanted to ask: *Did my dad rob you?* *You're so filthy rich, sitting on a fortune of seven or eight thousand strands of Heaven and Earth Profound Light. If you weren't robbed, my dad's conscience must have flared up!* "Destroy that transmission talisman immediately! Switch to a new frequency before contacting me again!" Zhu Tiandao gave a warning. Having just returned was fine, but if someone tried contacting him and sensed his frequency vibrating, they would know he was back, or at least that his talisman was in the Human Realm. Su Yu had almost forgotten. Without replying, a new frequency pulse soon rippled out. Zhu Tiandao received it; sure enough, it was Su Yu on a different channel. "Lord Prefecture Lord, how many White Masks and elders has the Great Ming Prefecture killed?" "Why are you asking that?" "To see how many died and how many are left, and whether I have a chance to take out a few and expand my territory!" "……" Zhu Tiandao was completely speechless. Soon, he replied, "It's not over yet. I'll contact you once it ends. Don't run around recklessly…" He sounded identical to his father. Su Yu was exasperated—why did both of them keep telling him not to run around recklessly? He wasn't a child! He was someone who could trade blows with Sun Moons! Too lazy to argue, Su Yu quickly said, "Prefecture Lord, lock up Bai Junsheng. I want to impersonate him. Don't let him out, so my identity won't be exposed." He had some acquaintances here in Great Ming. Bai Feng's cousin, Bai Junsheng, was someone he knew fairly well. Impersonating someone from the Zhu family wasn't ideal; now that he was in the Human Realm, he needed a relatively proper identity. Naturally, he had to pick someone to mimic. Su Yu knew Bai Junsheng's situation well. Zhu Tiandao grumbled inwardly. You just trapped Cui Lang so he couldn't leave, and now you want to mess with Bai Junsheng. None of Great Ming's geniuses will dare to step outside anymore! "Fine!" Without further ado, impersonate him then. Su Yu didn't dwell on it. Bai Junsheng's identity was great—as Bai Feng's cousin, he could openly seek out Bai Feng and the others. *Bai Feng, your dad misses you.* See? Totally seamless! What was more, he wouldn't be exposed, because the Great Ming Prefecture Lord would throw Bai Junsheng in jail. Perfect! Impersonating anyone else risked having two identical people show up at once; even a fool would realize something was wrong. Great Xia Prefecture… Su Yu took a deep breath. He had returned once more! This time, he returned as an expert—Xuan Jiu of the Heaven Hunting Pavilion! The head of the Heaven Hunting Pavilion in the Great Xia Prefecture! Right at that moment, Su Yu's mask vibrated. "The sub-ranking has been established. Direct communication is now possible!" Su Yu's heart stirred. Sure enough, several new signal sources appeared within his mask: Di Eighteen, Huang Jiu… Without wasting words, Su Yu quickly messaged, "Still alive?" "Alive!" "Present!" "No problem!" All three White Masks were actually alive. Truly good luck. "We are responsible for overseeing the Great Xia Prefecture. Operate on the outskirts of Great Xia and do not enter the prefecture capital. Stay in contact at all times and avoid meeting in person as much as possible, so our identities aren't compromised and Great Xia doesn't target us!" "We are responsible for overseeing Great Xia?!" Huang Jiu's tone sounded ready to curse someone's mother! "Xuan Jiu, did you offend someone?!" To actually be assigned to Great Xia was horrifyingly dangerous. Bai Yi had warned them multiple times beforehand that Great Xia and Great Qin were terrifyingly perilous. Especially Great Xia! And now, their group had been tossed straight into Great Xia. "It's more like you lot offended someone and got exiled to this godforsaken place! Enough chatter, it's too dangerous. Report any developments to me immediately. Take root in Great Xia first, then plan our next moves!" "Understood!" The White Masks replied promptly. Su Yu was their direct superior now, so they had to show him respect. Moreover, within Great Xia, all operations would have to follow Su Yu's command. …… On this day, news reached the Human Realm as well. The Heaven Hunting Pavilion had entered the realm! A large number of Faceless and White Masks had infiltrated, including many Sun Moons, while the rest were almost all at the Shanhai Realm. They mainly appeared near the capitals of Great Shang, Great Ming, and Great Song, indicating that an unstable passage likely existed in this region. It spanned across several major prefectures, though its exact location remained uncertain. King Daming had rushed back personally, but had failed to locate the passage. Naturally, the corridor was highly unstable, resulting in completely random teleportations. The Heaven Hunting Pavilion had paid a heavy price for this smuggling operation. On the very first day, one elder and eight White Masks died, and three Sun Moons fell. The elder was a Sun Moon, and two of the eight White Masks were in the Sun Moon Realm as well. In a single day, three Sun Moons had perished! And that was only the first day of infiltration—though, of course, the first day was also the most dangerous! Thus, eleven elders and ninety-two White Masks survived, swiftly melting into various corners of the Human Realm. The period that followed would see the White Masks and elders rushing to their respective jurisdictions to understand the Human Realm and blend in. For the short term, the Heaven Hunting Pavilion would not issue any tasks. There was an adaptation phase. …… Right at this moment, near Nanyuan, Bai Junsheng made his appearance. Melting into the shadows wasn't Su Yu's style. Bai Junsheng had already been captured! Zhu Tiandao had informed Su Yu that Bai Junsheng was currently enjoying prison rations in the dungeon of the Prefecture Lord Manor. Su Yu was free to impersonate him however he pleased. Su Yu had to admit, the prefecture lord was incredible. Nabbed him in a flash! Impressive! Ahead, Nanyuan City came into view once more. Su Yu took a deep breath. He had returned. This place held so many memories. He hadn't had the time to examine it closely earlier, but now he was in no hurry. Looking again, pillars of blood qi rose throughout the city. Ordinary people couldn't see them, but Su Yu could. A great many experts had gathered in tiny Nanyuan City. …… Just as Su Yu entered Nanyuan City under Bai Junsheng's guise… At the exact same time. Great Xia Prefecture. Xiuxin Pavilion. Wan Tiansheng frowned slightly, gazing toward the south, his brow furrowed in confusion, bewilderment, and wonder… What was going on? He had once left something inside Su Yu's heart, which generally allowed him to keep track of Su Yu's location within the Human Realm. Yet just now, he seemed to have sensed someone's presence. *Impossible!* Wan Tiansheng murmured to himself, thinking his senses had played tricks on him. Su Yu was in Xinghong Ancient City! He was serving as a castellan there! There was no way he could return to the Human Realm. Even if he did, Wan Tiansheng wouldn't be unaware, and no news had come from the All-Heavens Prefecture either. "Su Yu is still on the All-Heavens Battlefield. Could it be that I'm getting old?" Wan Tiansheng mused, shaking his head. The distance didn't seem very far—almost near Nanyuan. How could that be! Wan Tiansheng chuckled. Impossible. A moment later, his expression stiffened slightly. *I'm not that old. How could my senses be mistaken?* Su Yu… was truly near Nanyuan! *Holy… holy shit!* *This kid came back?!* *Heaven Hunting Pavilion… Su Yu…* He recalled the report he had just received: the Heaven Hunting Pavilion had entered the realm, smuggling their way in. In that case… could Su Yu have infiltrated the Heaven Hunting Pavilion and returned with them? Wan Tiansheng's expression turned exceedingly strange. "Is he at Lingyun?" It seemed so! "Can he fight Shanhai?" It seemed he could! In that case… could it be this very time? Was everything he had foreseen going to happen during this event? He looked up at the ceiling with an expression that was half-laughing, half-weeping. *Does that mean the century of lifespan I expended only showed me events from the near future?* *A hundred years… A hundred years wasn't worth this!* *Wait…* A sudden thought struck Wan Tiansheng. His century of lifespan couldn't have been so useless as to only reveal such trivialities and near-term scenes. That meant… the one who had drained his lifespan might not have been anyone else, but Su Yu himself! Because the matters foreseen were of immense significance, the toll had been so staggering! In that case, the deepest memory he retained was of Su Yu, who had only been at the Kaiyuan Realm back then. That meant it was precisely because of this kid that the consumption had been so colossal! Wan Tiansheng's eyes shifted. Viewed in this light, it all made sense! And it was precisely because he had glimpsed Su Yu that he had paid extra attention to him back then. "Had all the karma… already revealed itself?" Wan Tiansheng murmured to himself. In truth, during the scene he had witnessed, he had failed to see the face of the traitorous Invincible, yet he had clearly seen Su Yu's face. Could it be that the protagonist of that scene had never been the traitorous Invincible, but Su Yu all along? It seemed he had been focusing on the wrong priority the entire time! Wan Tiansheng's expression changed. Did Su Yu… occupy an overwhelmingly crucial role and position in the future? He had seen his face in a corner of the great battle, yet the memory was etched so deeply. That meant perhaps it wasn't that he had merely seen a corner of the war, but that he himself stood in a corner, while Su Yu was the vast future that remained unseen! Thoughts surged one after another, and in that moment, Wan Tiansheng seemed to understand! Looking south once more, he felt utterly speechless. The ancient city's castellan, Su Yu, had returned! Across the myriad realms, who would ever believe this fellow could return to the Human Realm? "The great war… is about to begin!" Wan Tiansheng took a deep breath. The scene he had foreseen was finally about to unfold!